Getting aroundAirportGlasgow Prestwick Airport PIK7.9 miRailway stationAuchinleck4.5 miBus stationCumnock Bus Station6.1 miFerryAyr Compass Pier11 miBus stops12 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the KA5 postcode district.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 30 min4:34 am – 10:04 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 4 min8:43 am – 3:47 pm
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People3,705 residentsin the Mauchline census areaMedian age 49.81,753 households72% of homes owner-occupied43% owned outright17% social rented, 9% private rentedSource: National Records of Scotland, Census 2022
Work and commuting4.0% unemployment rate58% of adults are economically active, 1,739 in work, 29% retiredMain industries: health and social work 18%, construction 14%, retail and wholesale 10%Getting to work: 25% work from home, 66% go by car, 4% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle26% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: National Records of Scotland, Census 2022
Education and languages24% of adults hold a degree or higher21% have no qualifications, 10% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%, Scots 1%, other languages 1%Source: National Records of Scotland, Census 2022
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 19°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C1,184 mm of rain a year, 33 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December57 days of air frost, 3 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksMauchline Hillhill · under a mileKingen Cleughvalley · 1.0 miSwan Lochlake · 2.9 miBushby Hillhill · 1.7 miWee Woodwoodland · under a mileKilloch Glenglen · 2.9 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesBallochmyle Golf Clubgolf course · 1.1 mi · 30 haShawoodpark · 2.3 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes54 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19706 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 4 Mar 199935 mi away, Arran, StrathclydeMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202546 mi away, Melldalloch, Argyll/buteSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Air qualityNO2 2.8 · PM2.5 4.4 · PM10 7.8 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband87% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)1,893 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation147 m482 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 91 to 176 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
